Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Kisah September

Aku terbangun kala ponselku berdering—ku tengok sekilas, masih pukul enam pagi, aku membenamkan kepalaku ke bantal lagi hingga akhirnya aku tersadar untuk segera bersiap dan berangkat kuliah. Hari ini hari Selasa, aku harus tiba sebelum kelas Teknologi Bahan Elektrik dimulai pada pukul tujuh lewat tiga puluh. Aku bangun dan meraih ponselku, kemudian aku mendapati Gladys mengucapkan selamat ulang tahun kepadaku. Usiaku genap 17 pagi ini—tidak, aku akan berusia 17 pada pukul delapan malam ini. Aku melihat kalender, benar, hari ini aku berulang tahun dan aku hampir tidak mengingatnya. Citra juga mengucapkan hal yang serupa. Seolah semua orang tahu ulang tahunku. Aku sendiri tidak ingat memberi tahu mereka. “Mungkin dari notifikasi Facebook.” gumamku pelan. Aku pun beranjak dan memakai kaus singlet untuk merapikan kasur dan bergegas ke kamar mandi.

Aku tiba sekitar lima menit sebelum kelas dimulai dan ponselku berdering lagi. Rupanya geng bermainku juga mengetahui kejadian hari ini. Aku senang sekali. Pada akhirnya, aku merasakan ada segelintir orang yang baru kukenal beberapa hari, peduli kepadaku.



Aku mendapati diriku tersenyum saat aku menggulirkan layar ponselku itu. Aku benar-benar lupa kalau hari ini aku bertambah tua, mungkin beberapa temanku juga mengucapkannya di dinding Facebook. Aku tidak melihat notifikasi apapun lagi beberapa menit kemudian. Segera setelah kuletakkan ponsel di sakuku, Citra dan Febri datang menghampiri untuk menjabat tanganku sambil mengucapkan selamat. Aku berterima kasih dan segera mengikuti mereka untuk masuk ke kelas Teknologi Bahan Elektrik di pagi itu. TBE lagi? Aku sudah bosan. Sebenarnya kelas ini menyenangkan. Dosen kami memberi banyak kasus untuk dikaji lebih dalam. Mata kuliah ini membahas tentang bahan-bahan elektrik yang digunakan untuk fabrikasi, mulai dari filosofi, karakteristik, dan prinsip kerja dibahas di sini. Tidak sombong, namun kuliah tidak sesulit yang aku bayangkan. Awalnya.

Setelah kelas TBE yang membosankan itu berakhir, aku pergi ke kafetaria untuk makan siang. Aku tidak melihat siapa-siapa—teman-teman SUTET atau yang lainnya. Hingga aku menemukan Ocha berjalan sempoyongan ke kafetaria. Segera setelah kuhampiri, ia hampir terjatuh pingsan dan aku menanyakan apakah ia sakit.

“Aku bisa mengantarmu ke rumah sakit kalau kau mau, kau tidak cukup sehat pagi ini.”

“Tapi kau belum makan siang. Aku tidak ingin menghabiskan waktu makan siangmu. Sebentar lagi kelas Matematika.”

“Tidak, kau harus ke dokter. Ambil helmmu dan temui aku di parkiran. Aku akan membawamu ke klinik universitas untuk mendapatkan penanganan cepat. Sekarang!” dan aku mengantarnya ke klinik siang itu. Antrean tidak cukup panjang, sembari menunggu di koridor yang panjang dan pencahayaan yang kurang, aku mengecek pesan masuk di ponselku. Tidak ada pesan lagi tentang ulang tahunku. Beberapa saat lagi Ocha membawa kertas resep untuk segera diberikan ke apotek. Sepertinya ia memiliki gejala maag. Kombinasi stress dan belum makan siang.

Aku bertanya apakah ia ingin kutemani makan siang atau kuantar pulang. Ia ingin istirahat, juga enggan mengikuti kelas Matematika siang itu. Jadi kuantarlah ia pulang. Sekembalinya aku ke kampus, ponselku berdering.

“Apa? Iqbal jatuh dari motor? Lelucon macam apa ini?” teriakku keras-keras. Aku panik. Kelas dimulai beberapa menit lagi dan aku belum makan siang. Aku menanyakan keadaannya dan ia hanya menjawab bahwa ia masih cukup baik saat itu. Tolol. Siapa yang percaya bahwa sehabis kau kecelakaan kau merasa baik saja?

Mulanya aku hampir membolos kelas Matematika dan ingin segera memacu motorku ke rumah Iqbal yang berjarak 15 menit dari kampus. Namun setelah berdebat panjang, akhirnya ia bersikeras menyuruhku untuk menghadiri kelas dulu. Baiklah, aku tidak punya pilihan lain. Kelas dimulai beberapa saat lagi. Semoga ia benar-benar­ baik saja. Aku menunggu berakhirnya kelas dengan resah. Aku benar-benar tidak dapat berkonsentrasi. Materi siang itu adalah persamaan garis. Aku bosan. Aku benci menunggu. Satu menit berada di kelas ini terasa sepuluh menit. Aku yakin inilah yang dirasakan orang-orang saat berada di kelas Matematika. Aku suka Matematika, aku tidak ingin kelas berakhir dengan cepat. Tapi keadaannya berbeda sekarang. Aku harus segera pergi dari kelas ini.

Setelah kelas menyebalkan ini berakhir aku segera bergegas dan berlari menuju tempat parker. Tepat di sana aku menemukan Lestari dan Melody, mereka langsung menghampiriku dan Lestari dengan cepat menarik tanganku, “Cepat ke Iqbal! Ia jatuh dari motor, kau tahu?” 


Aku tidak punya pilihan lain selain mengiyakan. Rasa panik menguasaiku. Mukaku pucat, aku belum makan siang. Semua rasa itu kutepis karena di dalam pikiranku hanya ada Iqbal. Aku juga melihat Gladys dari kejauhan sedang bersiap untuk mengendarai motornya. Bagus. Berpasangan. Tapi mereka—Lestari dan Melody—tidak mengenakan helm. Semoga kami tidak ditimpa masalah nanti. Satu-satunya jalan tercepat adalah melewati jalan besar Soekarno-Hatta. Banyak polisi untuk memberhentikan orang-orang yang tidak taat aturan.

Segera setelah kupacu motorku, aku berhenti sekitar 15 meter dari jarak pandang polisi dan menyuruh mereka untuk berjalan seperti biasa. Sialnya, polisi sudah melihat kita dan menghampiri kita. Segera aku menarik tuas gas dan memacu di jalur kanan. Saat aku melewati polisi tersebut aku dengar beliau berkata “Goblok!” sambil mengacungkan tangannya. Aku tertawa puas dan memacu motorku sampai 20 meter di balik pos polisi. Lestari segera naik dan kami berempat memacu motor untuk segera sampai di rumah Iqbal.

Sesaat setelah aku tiba di sana, semua anggota SUTET sudah di sana. Aku segera masuk dan mencari kamar Iqbal. Kutemukan dirinya tergeletak tak berdaya dengan wajah manisnya. Ia tampak sedikit mengerang kesakitan saat tanganku menelusuri paha sampai betisnya. Kedua kakinya ditutupi selimut, jadi aku tidak begitu mengerti. Sampai aku sadar saat tiba-tiba Firman menarik lenganku dari belakang. Dari sudut kamar, aku melihat Alief menuju ke arahku dan segera melucuti jasku, namecard, kacamata, dan merogoh ponselku untuk diamankan. Setengah bingung, tiba-tiba Iqbal beranjak dan membantu Firman menarik diriku ke ruang belakang—ruangan itu bersebelahan dengan dapur dan aku melihat bahan-bahan yang mencurigakan; telur, tepung satu plastic sedang, kecap, dan air sabun di dalam ember.

“Apa-apaan ini! Lepaskan aku!” sambil aku meronta.

“Diam! Atau kami pakai cara kekerasan!” bentak Firman.

Badan Firman lebih tinggi dariku dan lengannya lebih besar, aku tidak bisa berbuat apa-apa hingga akhirnya aku diikat di tiang pilar dengan tali rafia. Ikatannya sangat kuat hingga aku sedikit mengaduh. Setelah hampir selesai, Iqbal dengan kasar menepuk pantatku dan aku mendengar suara pintu dibuka dan langkah berderap.

“ONE.. TWO.. THREE!!!”

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOBBY!! ”

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOBBY!!”

Aku melihat para gadis dari kejauhan dan tidak begitu jelas, membawa sebuah kue tar berukuran kecil. Sial. Aku bodoh. Bodoh. Aku tidak menyadari hal seperti ini akan terjadi
 

Sesaat aku merasa bahwa dadaku sangat ringan kemudian menjadi sangat berat dan mataku berlinang air mata. Jadi seperti ini ya rasanya merayakan sebuah ulang tahun. Bahkan selama hidup, baru kali ini ulang tahunku dirayakan oleh orang-orang yang baru kukenal selama seminggu.

Aku menahan tangis agar tidak terlihat terlalu bahagia namun mataku terasa panas sekali. Seolah air bah akan turun membanjiri rumah itu. Segera prosesi meniup lilin dilakukan, mereka mulai mengerjaiku lagi. Kali ini dengan air dingin dicampur dengan sabun, kemudian kecap asin, tepung, dan telur.

“I am a fire you're gasoline, come pour yourself all over me. We’ll let this place go down in flames only one more time.” – Stay the Night, dipopulerkan oleh Zedd ft. Halley William.
Sungguh, aku tidak bisa berkata apa-apa. Rasanya dadaku sesak—aku merasa utuh lagi. Aku merasa seperti berada di puncak tertinggi dunia. Aku merasa salju longsor melewati punggungku. Kurang ajar, itu air es yang mereka siramkan. Aku tidak membawa ganti dan bajuku belepotan kecap.

  
Terima kasih, sayang-sayangku—Lestari dan Melody.

 
Terima kasih sayang-sayangku—Alief dan Firman.

Terima kasih sayang-sayangku—Gladys dan Vema.

Terima kasih untuk yang paling kusayang—Iqbal, yang rela menyusun skenario dengan bagus. Aku tidak mengerti apa motivasimu tapi aku sungguh berterima kasih.

Tidak akan menyenangkan jika hanya aku yang belepotan saja, bukan? Pertama kumulai dari Firman. Sedikit demi sedikit tali rafiaku licin karena kecap asin tadi, segera setelah kubuka perlahan, kupeluk dia dan basahlah badannya. Semua berlarian. Aku mengejar mereka satu per satu. Membalaskan dendam dan melempar sisa kue.

Sisanya melarikan diri. Tersisa empat orang dan Vema yang mengambil foto ini.



"I won't cover you in cakes, so please be fair?" Vema begged with her soft tone. Okay, since you are just a camerawoman, I’ll release you.

Sungguh, aku tidak bisa memahami tiap detil yang terjadi. Semua begitu indah. Aku menginginkan perasaan seperti ini—bahagia dan permanen.





Ini hari yang panjang, aku juga merasakan satu menit seperti sepuluh menit. Sempurna. Akhirnya setelah bertahun-tahun, ada segelintir orang yang peduli kepadaku. Begitu indah hingga aku ingin memukul orang dengan pemukul bisbol. Ceritaku tidak berakhir di sini. Pukul enam sore, kakak perempuan Iqbal akan tampil di kontes model di salah satu mall dekat kampus. Kami bergegas ke sana. Karena tampangku yang gembel, aku meminta baju untuk kukenakan sepulang nanti kepada Iqbal. Ia menyanggupi. Ia bahkan meminjamkan celana dalam dan handuk. Setelah membersihkan diri cukup lama, rambutku terasa aneh. Sisa-sisa krim tidak dapat hilang begitu saja. Aku menghabiskan setengah botol sampo untuk mencuci rambutku. Masa bodoh dengan sampo Iqbal.


Kami berangkat tepat 30 menit sebelum acara dimulai. Dengan perasaan tidak enak karena banyak polisi dan sebagian dari kami tidak mengenakan helm. Kami mengambil jalan pintas dan sempat tersasar di kawasan Jaksa Agung Suprapto. Untungnya Vema ingat, kami tidak terlalu lama berada di jalan.




Benar-benar hari yang melelahkan. Aku sangat bersyukur menemukan kalian. Aku kira aku tidak akan menemukan perbedaan yang siginfikan saat aku kuliah nanti. Nyatanya, aku menemukan kalian. Terima kasih banyak. Aku sayang kalian semua. Usiaku genap 17 saat aku menulis post ini. Sekarang aku butuh waktu untuk istirahat. Sampai jumpa!

Saturday, 14 September 2013

Live News: Shikat Miring

Five days since the college started, it’s been hectic. I am supposed to take a few classes—for freshmen, we are allowed to take 20 credits and all of them are very common—and so far I still do not find a favourite class. There are new classmates—rivals and enemies (yes I made a first bad impression to some other beings)—and new condition. I have been so busy that I could barely access an internet in my workdays. Today is supposed to be an orientation day—which is held on every Saturday. I really have no idea why seniors permit to speak in higher tone—scolding us for not effusing and demanding us to do shits. Orientation day in college is a weird thing I can find. It’s really different to what I had back in middle school or high school. I have these questions loaded in my head and if every one of them is given an equal answer to what I want to hear, I would want to attend that. Otherwise, go fuck yourself.

Not to mention that I already passed a greeting from my campus—it’s the same as orientation but with wider scale, each one of freshmen in every major of Engineering Department is being marched—we call it PK2MU (Perkenalan Kehidupan Kampus Mahasiswa Universitas). As far as I can see, the event was tiresome. This nonsense action has been inherited and all the freshmen would be the legacies to continue this. Why? Damn it. I know that the icon of Engineering Department is a solid rock. We go side by side, hand in hand, and back up for each other but can we seriously think of another way out? Another way not using the violence and high tones, fuck it. Seriously, it is 2k13 and all that’s left to greet newcomers is to use that primordial thing—tradition which is oldschool and all the committee are so happy to do that? Where’s the fair? Oh and what makes it funnier is that, the committee—most of them—aren’t really as educated as you are. Think of it.

I strongly despise everything about orientation—the event, the committee, the food which I almost throw up because they command us to eat in rush—everything about it.

On Monday, I was supposed to have a Religion and Electromagnetic classes. The Religion one started at 7:30 and the lecturer didn’t make it to come. In fact we already waited until afternoon that we had to leave it because electromagnetic class waited for us. Shithead! I could strongly recommend about posting an announcement in website or schedule wall.

Each day passed and I was still not amused until I found out that today—which we were supposed to attend the orientation, sitting down with fear fills inside the head, hearing people throwing arguments in a dark room and feeling kind of nausea—but rather than doing that boring thing, we were actually here—at McD Watugong planning to conquer the land!

We gathered to have a breakfast together, it was 10 in the morning. I took a public transportation. It was fun! This extremity was so good I could feel the committee were so furious that their freshmen—a few—escaped.

[evil laughters in background]



You know, we didn’t really order that much. Actually I ordered a Mc Float and the rest are cokes and a large portion of fries. Gladys ordered a medium fried chicken to make us have the reason to stay longer here—else, the waiter or waitress will ask us every damn 10 minutes and it’s kinda annoying haha. Another reason that we made it here was that everyone wanted to copy my work—it was Physics, electromagnetics task, 5 numbers. I rushed to make it in time before I met them so I still didn’t correct it all thoroughly.




Photo maker: Melody’s iPod touch and Photobooth on Macbook.
Total photos: Umh, approximately +200 I’m not sure there are still a lot more (thanks to burst technology)

“We will all be surely dead as we’re watching the street and boredom strikes so what about going to Alun-alun?” Melody suggested.

“That is a great example for a horrible idea!” Lestari replied

“How are we gonna get there?” added her.

“Public transportation, it takes us 30 minutes to go, you good?” I asked.

“Anything that goes with you guys, I am good!!!” Gladys said.

“But I can’t make it to tag along, I have errands to do—my soccer session starts in the noon.” Iqbal said.

So after debating whether to go there or not, we decided to go. Iqbal went home to prepare his soccer session. All the best for you, Buddy!


It was always it. We now are so addicted to taking wefie—a version of selfie taken in group. Everywhere we find a good lighting, a phone is suddenly raised above and front camera is ready. I wonder how many photos that we already take and how the hell are we gonna sort it out—or they do not need to. Best part of it, is that Lestari is always beside me on a photo shooting—not really that always in frequency, maybe too often is the right word.


What shocked me like a bullet hole was, we were recording our version of ‘Shikat Miring’! Damn it guys what the hell were you thinking? How was I gonna act? I should look good in the video! A few minutes after panicking and having trembles, Lestari showed us how to do that ‘dance’ and after a few times practicing, I was ready to go.

[video]


Please do not laugh or cringe, it was just a bunch of idiots messing around to seek a happiness. I myself have never ever done this before. Like, maybe not in a million years. But today the history was changed. The new legend was born—the one who is not afraid to show off to the world what he’s capable of. (seriously I wasn’t even that good how dare I was to say that, I’m sorry).

So that's it for today, I'll write more interesting stories! Catch you later!

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

A Bucket of Questions

Hello. How is everyone doing? I know I haven't caught up to writing anything because the rainbow over the sky of my imagination is blocked by the storm, ha. I was tagged by my friend about a bucket of questions that I think is now a viral. Here we go, slugger!

RULES:
·      Post this rule.
·      Write 11 things about yourself.
·      Answer the question the tagger set to you.
·      Create 11 new questions for those you want to tag.
·      Choose 11 bloggers to be tagged and link them to the post.
·      You are not allowed to tag back.

The 11 Things About Me:
·      I’m mononymously known as Bobby or Ben, fun fact: no one really knows my real name.
·      Ethnicity is claimed to be an Asian, fun fact: my grandmother is a half Dutch half Indonesian.
·      I was graduated from high school a month ago, and I’m not even 17.
·      Right-brained, maniac, is keen on an obscure music, and antisocial. Then why the hell are you here, smartass?
·      I love sleeping, but sadly that love is an unrequited.
·      I wear black too much my mother actually has to separate our laundry.
·      I currently worship One Direction because they are, I think, a good lyricist. Music is liquid and I can’t be forever loving metal-rock or punk, right?
·      I actually have so much spare time that I always end up being exhausted over doing nothing but converting oxygen to carbon dioxide.
·      I’m hard to impress, you’re going to either kill yourself before my eyes or be an extremely cute so we can continue on a higher level. What is this.
·      I basically don’t classify people whom I am attracted to. It just comes naturally. I don’t have specific types or requirements, I love people not because of their gender role or sex, because fuck the society who binds us to be whoever we want.
·      I am on progress to developing my skill in linguistics. I learn how to think like an interpreter.

A Bucket of Questions from Agent Marine:
1.        What is your dream job?
üAn interpreter actually, but since I already applied myself to being a scientist, so, scientist, maybe.
2.        Which is better, spending the day playing console games or online games?
ü  I’m not big on those kind of games these days, but back when I was 13, I would escape my course only to find a nearest internet café and play Ayo Dance. It was the first online game that had me addicted.
3.        Cats or dogs?
ü  You’re an evil for making me choose one!!! I never actually pet a dog, so I’ll tickle myself with a cat.
4.        If you get a sudden rich, what would you do?
ü  Moving in to London and pursue my degree without any interfere of my lovely parents.
5.        Walking in the park in the evening or watching cinema?
ü  I’d go with strolling in the park in the evening with someone I hold my dearest. Magic things actually happen and I’m still waiting for someone to actually come out from their closet.
6.        Morning or evening?
ü  Dusk. I can’t even wake up in the morning and I’m practically tired on evening.
7.        If you trapped in a dungeon with one of your beloved one (which sadly doesn't love you back) and only have one-man-only exit, are you going on or let him/her escape?
ü  I would let them escape first, so that my vows don’t get too disappointed because they can never come true.
8.        What is your phone wallpaper? DO NOT LIE.
ü  It’s Niall Horan playing a guitar on the show in Edinburgh, I guess.
9.        Are you tired writing down the answers of this quiz?
ü  No, this is fun. I have actually never gotten this kind of challenge since a few years ago, back in Facebook era where I tagged everyone to answer the basic questions. Aha aha ha.
10.    Catch a pokemon or living down the sea frying burgers?
ü  Living beneath the surface of the sea and set a bonfire while flipping over a burger with my Patrick-look-alike-best-friend.
11.    What do you want to say to me after finishing this quiz?
ü  I was expecting a kind of extreme question which has my time spent by thinking too much, but this is all fine.

A List of People I Tag:

My Questions:
1. Name one of your crush (it can't be artist or idols or any famous)
2. Describe yourself in three words
3. What is/are your 2013 resolution(s)
4. Write down 11 fav songs or 11 most played songs on your iTunes/mp3/else
5. Who do you think I am
6. Describe me in a paragraph
7. If you love someone the most and s/he leaves you because they have another else whatcha gonna do
8. Do you still love your ex
9. Black/White. Why
10. Describe your crush type
11. Tell me when was the best night ever and why and who made it

Let me know if you finish this challenge. Good day!
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Monday, 18 March 2013

Dipping Into a Natural Pool

Hello, fellas! It’s been a while since the last post because I was busy preparing the pre-examination, yes the shitloads we had to complete right before the national examination begins which is, I don’t know, a few weeks more? Screw it. So, over the two busy weeks we had 12 exams on each credit and the last national try-out held by the school. We also had the practical examination that’s been going on since February. No shit seriously, do we really have to run on some tests just to see if we are qualified enough to graduate from high school? Seriously sir? The last result of the third national try-out came out good, I was able to maintain the rank on 5th. I didn’t get the chance to save the file, the rank file, since my teacher didn’t want to share it with me, but don’t worry, fellas, I will always have the ways to fetch my data. As I recall it correctly, here are the following scores that I got on my third try-out;

There is still a way to fix all of this and I’m sure I’ll work the shit out of me so I can stand on the podium with a medal for achieving the first rank. Can I get an amen? Oh, yeah, keep motivating your shitty little self and ending up with no studying because you’re too arrogant to even begin with and you whatsoever have nothing to stand against your freaking genius ex-girlfriend whose rank is always on first like what the hell. Keep trying, you may gain a little number behind the dot uh-huh. And, in order to dissolve the fog of the boredom, I managed to socialise with my classmates and we decided to go to Sumber Maron (Maron’s Water Source).

It’s located a few kilometres from our school, we reached it by 30 minutes by driving illegally because none of us has the freaking license, you see. It’s such a good place to see, no crowd, just the flowing water from high to low. We spent a few hours there to get tan lines and fatigue, but a couple of iced tea were so relieving. I didn’t swim, as you see on the photo I made a collage to, I literally just dipped myself so I could get wet and burned my skin.


Oh, I wish I could sink somebody and have a blast laughter of that.


You see, even if we had to settle on this situation where we should be studying our asses off but we took the time to calm our asses down, it just doesn’t feel like us. LOL, you see, it’s not that I felt guilty for cheating with times I just didn’t really feel comfortable being around my classmates since, well, they turned their back against me when I first stepped in and they, for no solid reason, didn’t fucking talk to me like for months, then I beat their pride by jumping from stepping stone to the third higher rank and they started talking to me because they first thought I was NOT that capable like what the fuck are you guys even human pfft.


I should smile more because it suits me best. Yeah, an antagonist always smiles when things work out like they plot. Or not, maybe it’s just me trying to neutralise my feeling’s output so I didn’t look that uncomforted.


Yeah let’s give a few shots of pictures to the bunch of people in white uniform trying to break loose from the never-ending tasks and tests. Hello, rivals. I’m not keeping my guard down.


*clears throat*
*free the breath from the wind sails*
*closes eyes and concentrates*
*fuck it I’m failing this yoga pose*
*stops breathing and enters another 2-dimensional room*
Yes, I’m getting to it. I can feel the nature’s energy flows from my chest down to my torso, I can feel the warm liquid going slow on the surface of my sphenoid’s bone. Oh shit I’m sweating because none of this freaking method works except for Naruto. Hell was a good time, though.


Because I’m good at realising whatever that crossed my mind on my screen. Fuck people who said that my style is unartistic and underrated. I do art to free the mind of mine and not to impress your little capacity of head with a two-digit IQ to comprehend my aesthetic. F#@$ you.


If only I could swim, I would jump and be a dolphin that fascinates my own self. Such a narcissistic.


Okay but that was just a half of a meter though why would be acting nonchalantly?


That’s it. I’m done with socialising today. I need to sort out my playlist to motivate me to study and glorify myself. I’ve been heavily influenced with One Direction and I think I am not even in love, at least, for two years. Because falling in love is so much worse than falling asleep, don’t y’all think the same? And no, I listen to One Direction because I want to keep this joyful feeling alive inside my cold and hard exterior of heart whose soul has been dead for centuries.